Best African American Essays 2010
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Author |
: Gerald Lyn Early |
Publisher |
: Random House Digital, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780553806922 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0553806920 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Best African American Essays 2010 by : Gerald Lyn Early
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: 2010 |
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: 0553806920 |
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: 9780553806922 |
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: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Best African American Essays 2010 by :
Author |
: Dorothy Sterling |
Publisher |
: One World |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2009-12-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0553385372 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780553385373 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Best African American Essays 2010 by : Dorothy Sterling
Here is the superb second edition of the annual anthology devoted to the best nonfiction writing by African American authors—provocative works from an unprecedented and unforgettable year when truth was stranger (and more inspiring) than fiction. The galvanizing election of Barack Obama was on the minds—and the pages—of authors everywhere. Best African American Essays 2010 features the insights of writers from Juan Williams to Kelefa Sanneh and even Obama himself (his seminal speech on race is included here in its entirety). Ta-Nehisi Coates, in The Nation, proclaims that the president has "redefined blackness for white America," while Adolph Reed, Jr., in The Progressive, calls him a "vacuous opportunist" and Colson Whitehead, in The New York Times, lightheartedly revels in the election of "someone who looked like me . . . slim." The First Lady is considered, too, as Lauren Collins, in The New Yorker, assesses the radical quality of Michelle Obama's very normalcy. But Best African American Essays 2010 goes beyond the Obamas with brilliant pieces from such writers as Hua Hsu, who declares the end of white America in "a new cultural mainstream which prizes diversity above all else"; Henry Louis Gates, who researches his family tree, adding to the "young discipline" that is African American history; and Jelani Cobb, who dares to defend George W. Bush. There are thoughtful and heartfelt tributes to living legends, including Bill Cosby (and an analysis of his famous "pound cake" speech, which promoted black responsibility, empowerment, and self-esteem), and remembrances of those who have passed, including Miriam Makeba, Isaac Hayes, Eartha Kitt, and Michael Jackson. Selected by guest editor Randall Kennedy, a leading intellectual and legal scholar, the wide-ranging pieces in Best African American Essays 2010 comprise a thrilling collection that anyone who wishes to understand the meaning of the new America must own.
Author |
: Gerald Lyn Early |
Publisher |
: One World/Ballantine |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780553806908 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0553806904 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Best African American Fiction 2010 by : Gerald Lyn Early
A collection that celebrates the contributions of African-American authors features short stories and novel excerpts by Michael Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, Stephen Carter, and Christopher Paul Curtis.
Author |
: Michael G. Long |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2023-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781479825950 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1479825956 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis 42 Today by : Michael G. Long
Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacy Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. Many are familiar with Robinson as a baseball hero. Few, however, know of the inner turmoil that came with his historic status. Featuring piercing essays from a range of distinguished sportswriters, cultural critics, and scholars, this book explores Robinson’s perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation’s most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens. Featuring a foreword by celebrated directors and producers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, this volume recasts Jackie Robinson’s legacy and establishes how he set a precedent for future civil rights activism, from Black Lives Matter to Colin Kaepernick.
Author |
: Various Authors |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 798 |
Release |
: 2022-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780241997017 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0241997011 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Daughters of Africa by : Various Authors
Nearly three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of African women's voices, this major international book brings together their achievements across a wealth of genres. From Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the USA, overlooked artists of the past join key figures, popular contemporaries and emerging writers in paying tribute to the heritage that unites them, the strong links that endure from generation to generation, and their common obstacles around issues of race, gender and class. Bold and insightful, brilliant in its intimacy and universality, this landmark anthology honours the talents of African daughters and the inspiring legacy that connects them-and all of us.
Author |
: Angela A. Ards |
Publisher |
: University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780299305048 |
ISBN-13 |
: 029930504X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Words of Witness by : Angela A. Ards
A literary and political genealogy of the last half-century, Words of Witness explores black feminist autobiographical narratives--in particular by June Jordan, Edwidge Danticat, Melba Beals, Rosemary Bray, and Eisa Davis--in the context of activism and history since the landmark 1954 segregation case, Brown vs. the Board of Education.
Author |
: Margo Natalie Crawford |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 405 |
Release |
: 2017-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252099557 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252099559 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Post-Blackness by : Margo Natalie Crawford
A 2008 cover of The New Yorker featured a much-discussed Black Power parody of Michelle and Barack Obama. The image put a spotlight on how easy it is to flatten the Black Power movement as we imagine new types of blackness. Margo Natalie Crawford argues that we have misread the Black Arts Movement's call for blackness. We have failed to see the movement's anticipation of the "new black" and "post-black." Black Post-Blackness compares the black avant-garde of the 1960s and 1970s Black Arts Movement with the most innovative spins of twenty-first century black aesthetics. Crawford zooms in on the 1970s second wave of the Black Arts Movement and shows the connections between this final wave of the Black Arts movement and the early years of twenty-first century black aesthetics. She uncovers the circle of black post-blackness that pivots on the power of anticipation, abstraction, mixed media, the global South, satire, public interiority, and the fantastic.
Author |
: John McWhorter |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2004-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1592400469 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781592400461 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Authentically Black by : John McWhorter
A new collection of thought-provoking essays by the best-selling author of Losing the Race examines what it means to be black in modern-day America, addressing such issues as racial profiling, the reparations movement, film and TV stereotypes, diversity, affirmative action, and hip-hop, while calling for the advancement of true racial equality. Reprint.
Author |
: Alice Pope |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 876 |
Release |
: 2009-07-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781599635675 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1599635674 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis 2010 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by : Alice Pope
BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHED For three decades, fiction writers have turned to Novel & Short Story Writer's Market to keep them up-to-date on the industry and help them get published. Whatever your genre or form, the 2010 edition of Novel & Short Story Writer's Market tells you who to contact and what to send them. In this edition you'll find: • Complete, up-to-date contact information for 1,200 book publishers, magazines and journals, literary agents, contests and conferences. • News with novelists such as Gregory Frost, Jonathan Mayberry, Carolyn Hart, Chelsea Cain, Mary Rosenblum, Brian Evenson and Patricia Briggs, plus interviews with four debut authors who share their stories and offer advice. • Nearly 200 pages of informative and inspirational articles on the craft and business of fiction, including pieces on a writing humor, satire, unsympathetic characters, and genre fiction; tips from editors and authors on how to get published; exercises to improve your craft; and more. • Features devoted to genre writing including romance, mystery, and speculative fiction. • And new this year: access to all Novel & Short Story Writer's Market listings in a searchable online database!